Were the terms “World War 1” and “World War 2” applied by later generations? Would veterans of either/both conflicts eventually refer to them as such? Instead of “The Great War” for example?
Follow-ups if the answers are out there:
Would those who experienced “The Great War” have referred to World War 2 as a sequel in the way that the naming currently implies?
Is naming of these conflicts based more-so on nationality instead, as in the Soviets’ “Great Patriotic War”?